Cloning and Genetic Engineering

What percent of corn is genetically engineered in the United States?

• 10%
• 34%
• 88%
• 100%

What does it mean to "extract" DNA?

• take out
• put in
• modify
• delete

The cloned animal looks like the

• egg donor
• nucleus donor
• host mother
• all of the above

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What was the first mammal to be cloned?

• sheep
• goat
• cow
• frog

The bt gene

• makes a protein that kills the corn borer
• makes a protein that helps the corn borer
• makes the corn grow faster
• makes the corn taste better

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What is a GMO?

• A genetically modified organism
• An organism with altered DNA
• An organism developed by scientists to have desired traits
• All of the above

The corn borer caterpillar caused about ___ dollars in damage. 

• one thousand
• ten thousand
• one million
• one billion

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All genetically modified organisms are legal to sell in the United States.

• True
• False

It is legal to sell a cloned animal in the United States.

• True
• False

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A clone can be BEST thought of as a(n)  _____ created in the lab. 

• identical twin
• GMO
• science fiction experiment